indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
imagination; supposition; guess
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
to glare at each other; to confront each other
relatively; comparatively
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
function; facility; faculty; feature
joint struggle; common (united) front
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to overlook; to fail to notice; to miss (seeing)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
beyond this point; from now on; after this
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to give directions; to issue instructions
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage